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Niall Doherty

“I got him a drink and it went from there”: how Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet and became unlikely friends and collaborators

Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher in 2013.

The friendship that has blossomed between former enemies Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn over the past decade is truly one of the most heart-warming kiss-and-make-up stories of our time. The Oasis leader and Blur frontman were famous foes as their bands blew up big in the 90s and they found themselves embroiled in the Battle Of Britpop.

But as you get older, sometimes you forget whilst you didn’t like people, or remember it was for no reason at all, and since 2012 Albarn and the elder Gallagher have become fast friends and collaborators. A few years ago, Gallagher recalled to Q how it happened.

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